Picture-frame support.



G. E. JOHNSON.

PICTURE FRAME SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.3, 1909.

961,614L v Patented June 14,1919.

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CARL E. JOHNSON, OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.

PICTURE-FRAME SUPPORT.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL E. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Quincy, in the county of Norfolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Picture-Frame Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to picture frame supports, and one of theprincipal objects of the same is to provide a device of simpleconstruction for the'purpose of giving the desired inclination or slantto picture frames, mirrors or other hanging objects of similarcharacter.

Another object of the invention is to provide a picture frame supportwhich can be quickly adjusted to give any required slant to the pictureand which will be entirely out of sight from the front of the picture.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing my picture frame support in use.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the picture frame support disconnected,the supporting cord clamp being shown in dotted lines in disengagingpositlon. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 33 of Fig. 2,showing the cord clamp in engaging position. Fig. 4t is a transversesectional View on the line 4l1 of Fig. 2, looking in the directionindicated by the arrows.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a picture frameprovided at the back with the usual screw eyes 2 and sus pended from thewall by means of the cord 3 engaging the molding hook 4, the upper endof which is supported upon the molding 5 in the usual manner. In orderto give the proper slant or inclination to the picture I have providedan adjustable frame support comprising a base plate 6 having openings 78 and 9 therein. Pivoted at 10 to the base plate 6 is a cord clamp 11,said cord clamp having a hook 12 'at its outer end adapted to engage thelower edge of the picture frame, while the upper end of the cord clamp11 is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 3, 1909.

Patented June 14, 1910.

Serial No 515,998.

bent inwardly, as at 13, to form a bearing member to clamp the cord. Thebearing member 13 is beveled, and at one side eX- tends slightly awayfrom the base member 6 so that the cord will be wedged in between thebearing member 15 and the base plate 6 when the clamp is turned intoalinement with the base member 6. The cord 14 is supported at its upperend in the molding hook 4:, as at 15, said cord extending down throughthe opening 7 and out through the opening 8 and under the clamp 11. Theterminal end 16 of the cord may be passed through the opening 9 out ofthe way.

The operation of my invention may be briefly described as follows :Thesupporting cord 14: is pulled through the base memher 6 until thepicture frame is at the required slant or inclination, said cord beingheld in adjusted position by means of the clamp 11. The hook 12 engagesthe frame at the lower edge and supports the latter at any requiredslant or inclination.

My invention is of simple construction, can be manufactured at slightcost, can be used to support picture or mirror frames at any requiredinclination irrespective of the sizes or Weights of the same, and thevarious adjustments can be quickly made after the picture has beensuspended from the wall, the entire device being out of sight.

I claim 1. A picture frame support comprising a base plate, and a cordclamp pivotally connected to the base plate and provided at one end witha beveled end, a hook at the opposite end adapted to support the pictureframe, and a supporting cord secured to the base plate by means of theclamp, said cord being suspended from the picture frame hook.

2. A picture frame support comprising a supporting cord, a base memberprovided with openings for the cord, the opposite end of which isconnected to the picture hook, a cord clamp pivotally mounted upon thebase member, and a hook on said cord clamp adapted to support a pictureframe.

3. A picture frame support comprising a lower end of the cord clamp tosupport the,

supporting cord, a base plate having openpicture frame. 10 ings thereinfor the supporting cord, said In testimony whereof I affix my signaturecord being adapted for connection at its in presence of two witnesses.

upper end to a picture frame hook, a cord CARL E. JOHNSON. clamp pivotedto swing out of alinement Vitnesses:

with the base member, said cord clamp hav- GRACE E. JOHNSON,

ing a beveled upper end, and a hook at the WILLIAM J. DOILEY.

